The Starship Enterprise from the Star TrekOpens in a new tab franchise is one of the most famous spaceships in all of pop culture history. It is of course famous for discovering new worlds and new civilizations, and defending Captains James T. KirkOpens in a new tab and Jean-Luc PicardOpens in a new tab from all kinds of evil alien empires and malevolent space anomalies. However, it is fair to say it is also famous for crashing into a big ball of fire onto the surface of some planet over and over again.
The first time the Enterprise blowed up real good was at the end of Star Trek III: The Search for SpockOpens in a new tab, when Kirk hit the self destruct button on his beloved ship when it was raided by Klingons. The Enterprise then crashed into a fireball onto the Genesis Planet below. This was really moving and effective back in 1984, because the Enterprise seemed untouchable back then. (Kirk and crew would get a new Enterprise in the next movie. I guess in Starfleet, you fail upwards.)
The next time an Enterprise would crash into the atmosphere it would be in Star Trek: GenerationsOpens in a new tab, where the Enterprise-D from Star Trek: The Next GenerationOpens in a new tab would plummet into the atmosphere of some planet. When the JJ AbramsOpens in a new tab rebooted Star Trek films happened, he had the Enterprise crash onto a planet not once, but twice — first in Star Trek Into DarknessOpens in a new tab, then again one movie later in Star Trek BeyondOpens in a new tab. You’d think Abrams has an “Enterprise getting destroyed” fetish or something.
To honor all these spectacular endings to the beloved starship, a fan on Reddit going by the username ejusticeOpens in a new tab has created a spectacular gingerbread versionOpens in a new tab of the Enterprise crashing in flames through the clouds. Because nothing quite says “Christmas” like the worst moments in the lives of the Star Trek crews. The detail on the so-called “Starship Gingerprise” is pretty amazing, and you can see that its maker even made gingerbread cookies with little Starfleet insignia on them. You can see a photo of this amazing holiday creation down below:
Like most amazing gingerbread creations, it looks so cool you’d almost never want to eat it. Well, until you smell it, then you’ll totally tear into that sucker like a Klingon targ. Speaking of Klingons, how about a gingerbread Bird of Prey next year? Just throwing it out there.
What do you think of this super cool holiday creation? Let us know your thoughts down below in the comments.
Images: Paramount Pictures / reddit user: ejustice
